我们如何走到今天
How we got to now
Steven Johnson · 初版 2014 年
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为什么值得读
- 阐述相邻可能理论，解析创新间的连锁反应
- 探讨玻璃、声音、制冷等改变世界的关键创新
- 篇幅短小好读且叙述引人入胜
“来自 The New York Times 畅销书 Where Good Ideas Come From 和 Everything Bad Is Good for You 作者的力作，以全新视角审视伟大思想的力量与遗产。在这本图文并茂的著作中，Steven Johnson 探索了数百年来创新的历史，追踪了现代生活的各个方面（如制冷技术、钟表和眼镜镜片等），讲述它们如何由业余爱好者、门外汉和企业家创造，并带来了意料之外的历史影响。书中充满了偶然天才与绝妙失误的惊奇故事——从早于 Edison 发明留声机却未
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如果你喜欢这个故事，我推荐读读《How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World》。读起来很快而且超级有趣。没错，“冷（制冷）”就是这六大创新之一。https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Got-Now-Innovations/dp/1594633...
If you like this story, I recommend reading How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World. Its a quick read and very interesting. And, yes, "cold" is one of the six. https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Got-Now-Innovations/dp/1594633...
我超爱作者 Stephen Johnson。他在 Prime/PBS 上的节目《How we got to now》是一部不可思议的纪录片，讲的是玻璃、声音和光线方面的微小创新如何造就了现代世界，而且他本人的讲解极具魅力。强烈推荐给 HN 的读者们！
I love Stephen Johnson, the author. His show on Prime/PBS "How we got to now" was an incredible series about how small innovations with glass, sound, and light made the modern world possible, and he does it with a lot of charm. Highly recommended for the HN audience!
如果你对这类话题感兴趣，可以看看 Steven B. Johnson 的《How We Got To Now》，里面探讨过这个。https://www.pbs.org/show/how-we-got-now/ 全片只有六集，相当引人入胜。
If you’re interested in this sort of thing, check out Steven B. Johnson’s “How We Got To Now”, which discussed this. https://www.pbs.org/show/how-we-got-now/ It’s only six episodes, and quite fascinating.
虚构类：格雷格·伊根《置换城》（Permutation City）斯蒂芬·金《重生》（Revival）查尔斯·斯特罗斯《温室》（Glasshouse）迪恩·库恩茨《这座城市》（The City）非虚构类：亚伦·罗斯《可预测的收入》（Predictable Revenue）斯蒂芬·约翰逊《How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World》乔恩·格特纳《创意工厂：贝尔实验室与美国创新的伟大时代》（The Idea Factory）杰罗姆·格罗普曼《医生如何思考》（How Doctors Think）《弗兰肯斯坦的猫：…
Fiction: Permutation City - Greg Egan Revival - Stephen King Glasshouse - Charles Stross The City - Dean Koontz Non-fiction: Predictable Revenue - Aaron Ross How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World - Steven Johnson The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation - Jon Gertner How Doctors Think - Jerome Groopman Frankenstein's Cat:…
这让我想起了 Steven Johnson 写的那本《How We Got To Now》。非常有趣的一本书，讲的是某些领域的发展如何催生了其他创新（“相邻可能”）。写得极好，读起来超级过瘾！另外，值得加分的是……
This reminded me of the book "How We Got To Now" by Steven Johnson. Really interesting book on how development in certain fields enabled other innovations ("adjacent possible"). Really well written and super interesting book! Also, bonus points for…
Steven Johnson 的《How We Got to Now》。带你梳理半打奠基性的发明，以及它们诞生的全过程。看看发明家们最初试图解决的问题，与世界最终走向的……对比，真的太让人着迷了。
How We Got to Now, Steven Johnson. Walks you through a half dozen foundational inventions and the process through which they came to be. Fascinating to see what the inventors were trying to solve vs. how the world ended…